Towards an understanding of genetic predisposition to migraine

Genome Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Anttila, Verneri ^a,b   Wessman, Maija ^b   Kallela, Mikko ^c   Palotie, Aarno ^a,b,d  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 2;

ALLELE; ATAXIA; EPILEPSY; FAMILIAL HEMIPLEGIC MIGRAINE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MIGRAINE; MIGRAINE WITH AURA; NOTE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE;

EID: 82455183992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1756994X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/gm231     Document Type: Note

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